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{{Infobox German place
| name              = Paderborn
|German_name = <small>{{nativename|wep|Patterbuorn / Paterboärn}}</small>
| type              = City
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  | caption1               = [[Paderborn Cathedral]]
  | image2                 = Rathaus Paderborn April 2016.jpg
  | caption2               = Paderborn Town Hall
  | image3                 = Paderborn SchlossNeuhaus.jpg
  | caption3               = Neuhaus Castle
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  | caption4               = Skyline of Paderborn
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| coordinates       = {{coord|51|43|05|N|8|45|15|E|display=inline,title}}
| image_plan        = Paderborn in PB.svg
| plantext          = Location of the city of Paderborn within the district
| state             = NRW
| region            = Detmold
| district          = Paderborn
| elevation         = 94-347
| area              = 179.59
| postal_code       = 33041-33106
| area_code         = 05251, 05252, 05254, 05293
| licence           = PB
| Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 7 74 032
| divisions         = 8
| website           = [https://www.paderborn.de/microsite/welcome/index.php paderborn.de]
| mayor             = Stefan-Oliver Strate<ref>[https://www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/wahlen/kommunalwahlen-2025/kreis-paderborn-stichwahl-aktuell-100.html Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2025], Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 05 November 2025.</ref>
| leader_term       = 2025&ndash;30
| party             = CDU
}}

'''Paderborn''' ({{IPA|de|paːdɐˈbɔʁn|-|De-Paderborn.ogg}}; [[Westphalian language|Westphalian]]: ''Patterbuorn'', also ''Paterboärn'')<ref name=Duden>{{cite web|title=Duden dictionary|url=http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Paderborn|access-date=7 December 2013}}</ref> is a city in eastern [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], [[Germany]], capital of the [[Paderborn (district)|Paderborn district]]. The name of the city derives from the river [[Pader (river)|Pader]] and ''Born'', an old German term for the source of a river. The river Pader originates in more than 200 springs near [[Paderborn Cathedral]], where [[St. Liborius]] is buried.

==History==
Paderborn was founded as a [[bishopric]] by [[Charlemagne]] in 795, although its official history began in 777 when Charlemagne built a castle near the Paderborn springs.<ref name="Heribert Zelder 2009">Ed. Heribert Zelder,  Tourist Information Services,  ''Welcome to Paderborn'',  Stadt Paderborn:  Paderborn, Germany, 2009.</ref> In 799 [[Pope Leo III]] fled his enemies in [[Rome]] and reached Paderborn, where he met Charlemagne, and stayed there for three months. It was during this time that it was decided that Charlemagne would be crowned emperor. Charlemagne reinstated Leo in Rome in 800 and was crowned as [[Holy Roman Emperor]] by Leo in return. In 836, [[Liborius of Le Mans|St. Liborius]] became the patron saint of Paderborn after his bones were moved there from [[Le Mans]] by Bishop [[Badurad]].<ref name="ReferenceA">Ed. Heribert Zelder,  Tourist Information Services,  Welcome to Paderborn,  Stadt Paderborn:  Paderborn, Germany, 2009.</ref> St. Liborius is commemorated in Paderborn every year in July with the Liborifest. The [[Bishopric of Paderborn|bishop of Paderborn]], Meinwerk, became a [[Prince of the Empire]] in 1100. The bishop had several large buildings built, and the area became a place for the emperors to stay.<ref name="Heribert Zelder 2009" /> [[File:Paderborn-Kupferstich-Merian.png|thumb|left|250px|Paderborn in 1647.]]

The city was taken by [[Prussia]] in 1802, then by the [[France|French]] [[vassal state]] [[Kingdom of Westphalia]] from 1807 to 1813 and then returned to Prussia.

Native [[Friedrich Sertürner]], a pharmacist's apprentice in Paderborn, was the first to isolate [[morphine]] from [[opium]] in 1804.

In 1914 the Paderborn military camp was turned into a prisoner of war camp named ''[[Sennelager]]''.

In 1930, the See of Paderborn was promoted to [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paderborn|archdiocese]].

{{anchor|Allied air attacks}}During [[World War II]], Paderborn was bombed by Allied aircraft in 1944 and 1945, resulting in 85% destruction, including many of the historic buildings. It was seized by the US [[3rd Armored Division (United States)|3rd Armored Division]] after a pitched [[Battle of Paderborn (1945)|battle]] 31 March – 1 April 1945, in which tanks and [[flamethrower]]s were used during combined mechanized-infantry assaults against the city's southwestern, southern and southeastern approaches.<ref>Stanton, Shelby, ''World War II Order of Battle: An Encyclopedic Reference to U.S. Army Ground Forces from Battalion through Division, 1939–1946'' (Revised Edition, 2006), p. 52</ref>

After the city was reconstructed in the 1940s and 1950s, Paderborn became a major industrial seat in Westphalia.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> The British Army retained a significant presence in the area until 2020, when British units were relocated back to the United Kingdom. Only a small training and enabling staff remain at Paderborn to facilitate temporary deployments to use the [[Sennelager Training Area]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The British Army in Germany |url=https://www.army.mod.uk/deployments/germany/ |website=British Army |access-date=26 June 2021}}</ref>

On 20 May 2022 Paderborn was hit by a [[tornado]], leaving 38 injured and considerable damage along its path.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eswd.eu/cgi-bin/eswd.cgi?lang=en_0&lastquery=1743204550&force_static_map=true%3B |title=European Severe Weather Database |website=eswd.eu |access-date=25 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520174425/https://eswd.eu/cgi-bin/eswd.cgi?lang=en_0&lastquery=1743204550&force_static_map=true%3B |archive-date=20 May 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.westfalen-blatt.de/owl/kreis-paderborn/tornado-verwustet-paderborn-38-verletzte-ein-opfer-schwebt-in-lebensgefahr-2575222 | title=Tornado verwüstet Paderborn: 43 Verletzte – ein Opfer schwebt in Lebensgefahr }}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Paderborn Stümpelsche Mühle asv2024-05.jpg|thumb|Pader River]]
[[File:Eggegebirge.jpg|thumb|Eggegebirge]]
Paderborn is situated at the source of the river ''Pader'', approximately {{convert|30|km|mi}} east of [[Lippstadt]] and approximately {{convert|50|km|mi}} south of [[Bielefeld]] on the Pader. The hills of the [[Eggegebirge]] are located east of the city. Paderborn is {{convert|104|km|mi}} east of Dortmund and the Ruhr region. To the north-west,  Hannover is {{convert|115|km|mi}} away.

===Neighbouring municipalities===
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
* [[Altenbeken]]
* [[Bad Lippspringe]]
* [[Borchen]]
* [[Delbrück]]
* [[Hövelhof]]
* [[Lichtenau, Westphalia|Lichtenau]]
* [[Salzkotten]]
{{div col end}}

===Subdivisions===
The city of Paderborn consists of the following ''Stadtteile'' (city sections):
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
* Paderborn (city center)
* Benhausen
* Dahl
* [[Elsen]]
* Marienloh
* Neuenbeken
* Sande
* [[Sennelager]]
* Schloß Neuhaus
* Wewer
{{div col end}}

==Climate==

{{Weather box
| location = Paderborn ([[Bad Lippspringe]]) (1991–2020 normals)
| metric first = Y
| single line = Y
|collapsed = Y
|Jan high C = 	4.6
|Feb high C = 	5.5
|Mar high C = 	9.4
|Apr high C = 	14.3
|May high C = 	18.2
|Jun high C = 	21.3
|Jul high C = 	23.6
|Aug high C = 	23.3
|Sep high C = 	19.0
|Oct high C = 	13.9
|Nov high C = 	8.7
|Dec high C = 	5.4
| year high C =	13.9
|Jan mean C = 	2.1
|Feb mean C = 	2.5
|Mar mean C = 	5.4
|Apr mean C = 	9.4
|May mean C = 	13.2
|Jun mean C = 	16.2
|Jul mean C = 	18.2
|Aug mean C = 	18.1
|Sep mean C = 	14.3
|Oct mean C = 	10.2
|Nov mean C = 	6.0
|Dec mean C = 	3.0
|year mean C = 	9.9
|Jan low C = 	-0.6
|Feb low C = 	-0.6
|Mar low C = 	1.5
|Apr low C = 	4.2
|May low C = 	7.8
|Jun low C = 	10.7
|Jul low C = 	13.1
|Aug low C = 	13.1
|Sep low C = 	10.0
|Oct low C = 	6.7
|Nov low C = 	3.3
|Dec low C = 	0.5
| year low C =	5.8
| precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 	87.6
|Feb precipitation mm = 	64.0
|Mar precipitation mm = 	64.8
|Apr precipitation mm = 	53.0
|May precipitation mm = 	64.4
|Jun precipitation mm = 	70.8
|Jul precipitation mm = 	90.2
|Aug precipitation mm = 	85.7
|Sep precipitation mm = 	77.0
|Oct precipitation mm = 	76.6
|Nov precipitation mm = 	79.6
|Dec precipitation mm = 	88.6
| year precipitation mm =	902.5
| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 	19.0
|Feb precipitation days = 	16.8
|Mar precipitation days = 	16.5
|Apr precipitation days = 	13.6
|May precipitation days = 	14.7
|Jun precipitation days = 	15.5
|Jul precipitation days = 	15.9
|Aug precipitation days = 	15.7
|Sep precipitation days = 	15.1
|Oct precipitation days = 	16.8
|Nov precipitation days = 	18.3
|Dec precipitation days = 	20.4
|year precipitation days = 	198.4
|Jan sun = 	52.3
|Feb sun = 	69.4
|Mar sun = 	117.4
|Apr sun = 	166.5
|May sun = 	192.5
|Jun sun = 	191.5
|Jul sun = 	198.2
|Aug sun = 	187.4
|Sep sun = 	141.3
|Oct sun = 	102.6
|Nov sun = 	51.3
|Dec sun = 	41.6
|year sun = 	1512.7
|Jan humidity = 	83.9
|Feb humidity = 	81.2
|Mar humidity = 	76.6
|Apr humidity = 	70.2
|May humidity = 	70.7
|Jun humidity = 	72.1
|Jul humidity = 	71.7
|Aug humidity = 	72.3
|Sep humidity = 	78.0
|Oct humidity = 	81.9
|Nov humidity = 	85.1
|Dec humidity = 	85.5
|unit snow days = 1.0 cm
|Jan snow days = 	6.0
|Feb snow days = 	6.7
|Mar snow days = 	2.0
|Apr snow days = 	0.1
|May snow days = 	0
|Jun snow days = 	0
|Jul snow days = 	0
|Aug snow days = 	0
|Sep snow days = 	0
|Oct snow days = 	0
|Nov snow days = 	1.1
|Dec snow days = 	4.2
|year snow days = 
| source 1 = [[World Meteorological Organization]]<ref name=WMO>{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231012162550/https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Germany/CSV/Lippspringe-Bad_10430.csv
| archive-date = 12 October 2023
| url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Germany/CSV/Lippspringe-Bad_10430.csv
| title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020
| work = World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020)
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = 12 October 2023}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
Paderborn has a population of over 144,000, of which approximately 10% are students at the local [[Universität Paderborn|university ('''Paderborn''' '''University''')]]. Additionally, about 10,000 members or relatives of members of the [[British Forces Germany|British armed forces]] live within [[Westfalen Garrison]], but are not included in the nominal population size.

{| class="wikitable floatright"
|+ Largest groups of foreign residents<ref>[https://wahlen.regioit.de/2/km2020/05774032/html5/Ratswahl_NRW_210_Gemeinde_Stadt_Paderborn.html City of Paderborn]</ref>
|-
! Nationality || Population (2011)
|-
|{{flag|Turkey}} || 2,210
|-
|{{flag|Poland}} || 1,212
|-
|{{flag|Italy}} || 1,206
|-
|{{flag|United Kingdom}} || 903
|-
|{{flag|China}} || 627
|-
|{{flag|Russia}} || 578
|-
|{{flag|Serbia and Montenegro}} || 573
|-
|{{flag|Spain}} || 326
|-
|}

60% of the population are Catholics, 20% Lutherans and 20% members of other faiths or not religious.

==Economy==
Paderborn is the headquarters of the former [[Nixdorf Computer AG]], which was acquired by [[Siemens AG|Siemens]] in the early 1990s and known as [[Siemens-Nixdorf]] for about ten years. The company is now known as [[Diebold Nixdorf]], which is still located in Paderborn, but Siemens retains a considerable presence in the city.

Many other [[information technology]]
companies as well as industrial enterprises are located in Paderborn, too:
* [[Benteler AG]] (steel/tube, automotive, trade)
* [[Claas]] (farm machines)
* [[Deutsche Bahn AG]] (vehicle maintenance)
* [[dSPACE GmbH]] (engineering tools)
* [[Flextronics]]
* [[Fujitsu Technology Solutions]]
* [[Orga Systems GmbH]]
* [[Secure Computing Corporation]]
* [[Siemens AG]] (Siemens IT Solutions and Services)
* [[Zuken]] (PCB EMC Analysis and Design Software)
Paderborn is also home of the "[[Paderborner Brauerei|Paderborner]]" [[brewery]], which has belonged to the Warsteiner group since 1990.

==Arts and culture==
Paderborn has the largest [[computer museum]] in the world, the [[Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum]], opened in 1996. From 2001 to 2005, it hosted the {{Interlanguage link|RoboCup German Open|de}}.

The town supports the [[Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie]] for regular symphony concerts in the Paderhalle.

The city is currently known for its exhibitions in three museums: the ''Kaiserpfalz'', The Diocesan Museum and the Art Museum - Städtische Galerie.<ref>[http://www.medievalhistories.com/wp-content/uploads/2013-Medieval-Histories-september-final.pdf CREDO in Paderborn - Medieval Histories 2013: 9] {{ISBN|978-87-92858-11-5}}</ref> The city also has some natural tourist attractions within and around it.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Attractions and Places To See around Paderborn - Top 20 {{!}} Komoot |url=https://www.komoot.com/guide/210626/attractions-around-paderborn |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=komoot |language=en}}</ref>

*The city has given its name to the Paderborn Gesangbuch of 1765, a collection of hymn tunes amongst which is one used in England as 'Paderborn' for the hymn 'Ye servants of God, your Master proclaim' (New English Hymnal 476).

===Image gallery===
<gallery widths="100px" heights="100px">
File:Over paderborn.jpg|Central Paderborn and Cathedral
File:Paderborn Kath.Bonifatiuskirche-2.jpg|[[St. Bonifatius, Paderborn|St. Bonifatius]] church, Paderborn
File:Paderborn Kath.Kirche St.Georg.jpg|[[Saint George]]'s church, Paderborn
File:Paderborner Rathaus.jpg|Town hall Paderborn (Rathaus)
File:Bartholomäuskapelle Paderborn.jpg|Inside the Bartholomäuskapelle
File:Paderborn Westernstrasse asv2024-05.jpg|Pedestrian zone in Paderborn city center
</gallery>

==Politics==
With the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paderborn|Archdiocese of Paderborn]] based in the city cathedral, Paderborn has traditionally been a conservative Catholic city. In the [[Bundestag]], it is located in the [[Paderborn (electoral district)|eponymous electoral district]], which is a safe seat for CDU. Only twice ([[1949 West German federal election|1949]] and [[2021 German federal election|2021]]) has CDU not received a majority of the district's votes, and from 1953 to 1987 always received at least 60% of the district's vote. In the [[Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia]], the city currently located in the district Paderborn II, which also has a strong CDU lean.

At local level, the city has always elected CDU mayors since 1946. Until 2009, the CDU held an absolute majority on the city council, and as late as 1979 received over 60% of the vote in the city.

===Mayor===
The current mayor of Paderborn is Stefan-Oliver Strate  of the [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]] (CDU). The most recent mayoral election was held od 14 September 2025.

{{update section|date=September 2025}}
Previous municipal elections was held on 13 September 2020, and the results were as follows:

{{election table}}
! colspan=2| Candidate
! Party
! Votes
! %
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}| 
| align=left| Michael Dreier
| align=left| [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]]
| 29,038
| 52.0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}| 
| align=left| Klaus Schröder
| align=left| [[Alliance 90/The Greens]]
| 11,194
| 20.1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}| 
| align=left| Martin Pantke
| align=left| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]
| 6,902
| 12.4
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| Elke Süsselbeck
| align=left| [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]]
| 2,467
| 4.4
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alternative for Germany}}| 
| align=left| Marvin Weber
| align=left| [[Alternative for Germany]]
| 2,404
| 4.3
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| Alexander Senn
| align=left| [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]]
| 1,743
| 3.1
|-
| 
| align=left| Stephan Hoppe
| align=left| For Paderborn
| 1,099
| 2.0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Volt Germany}}| 
| align=left| Verani Kartum
| align=left| [[Volt Germany]]
| 538
| 1.0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Free Voters}}| 
| align=left| Hartmut Hüttemann
| align=left| [[Free Voters]]
| 416
| 0.8
|-
! colspan=3| Valid votes
! 55,801
! 99.2
|-
! colspan=3| Invalid votes
! 464
! 0.8
|-
! colspan=3| Total
! 56,265
! 100.0
|-
! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout
! 118,244
! 48.6
|-
| colspan=7| Source: [https://wahlen.regioit.de/2/km2020/05774032/html5/Buergermeisterwahl_NRW_211_Gemeinde_Stadt_Paderborn.html City of Paderborn]
|}

===City council===
[[File:2020 Paderborn City Council election.svg|thumb|350px|Results of the 2020 city council election.]]
The Paderborn city council governs the city alongside the Mayor. The most recent city council election was held on 13 September 2020, and the results were as follows:

{{election table}}
! colspan=2| Party
! Votes
! %
! +/-
! Seats
! +/-
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]] (CDU)
| 22,412
| 40.3
| {{decrease}} 6.1
| 24
| {{decrease}} 6
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}| 
| align=left| [[Alliance 90/The Greens]] (Grüne)
| 13,412
| 24.1
| {{increase}} 9.6
| 14
| {{increase}} 5
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD)
| 7,101
| 12.8
| {{decrease}} 9.5
| 7
| {{decrease}} 7
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]] (FDP)
| 3,152
| 2.7
| {{increase}} 1.1
| 3
| ±0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alternative for Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Alternative for Germany]] (AfD)
| 2,811
| 5.1
| {{increase}} 1.5
| 3
| {{increase}} 1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]] (Die Linke)
| 2,554
| 4.6
| {{steady}} 0.0
| 3
| ±0
|-
| 
| align=left| For Paderborn (Für PB)
| 1,541
| 2.8
| New
| 2
| New
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Die PARTEI}}| 
| align=left| [[Die PARTEI]]
| 1,485
| 2.7
| New
| 2
| New
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Free Voters}}| 
| align=left| [[Free Voters|Free Citizens' Initiative – Free Voters]] (FBI)
| 564
| 1.0
| {{decrease}} 1.9
| 1
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Volt Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Volt Germany]] (Volt)
| 536
| 1.0
| New
| 1
| New
|-
! colspan=2| Valid votes
! 55,568
! 98.9
! 
! 
! 
|-
! colspan=2| Invalid votes
! 604
! 1.1
! 
! 
! 
|-
! colspan=2| Total
! 56,172
! 100.0
! 
! 60
! {{decrease}} 4
|-
! colspan=2| Electorate/voter turnout
! 118,244
! 47.5
! {{increase}} 1.1
! 
! 
|}

==Twin towns – sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany}}
Paderborn is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Paderborn und seine internationalen Partnerstädte|url=https://www.paderborn.de/rathaus-service/stadtportrait/109010100000055806.php|website=paderborn.de|publisher=Paderborn|language=de|access-date=2021-03-07}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Le Mans]], France (officially since 1967, traditionally since 836, the oldest partnership of its kind)<ref>{{cite web |title=Le Mans (Frankreich)|url=https://www.paderborn.de/rathaus-service/stadtportrait/109010100000055818.php|website=paderborn.de|publisher=Paderborn|language=de|access-date=2021-03-07}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bolton]], England, United Kingdom (1975)
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Belleville, Illinois|Belleville]], Illinois, United States (1990)
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Pamplona]], Spain (1992)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Przemyśl]], Poland (1993)
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Debrecen]], Hungary (1994)
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Qingdao]], China (2003)

==Sports==
Paderborn is nationally known as a center for American Sports. The local [[baseball]] team, the [[Paderborn Untouchables]], has won many German championships. The local [[American football]] team, the Paderborn Dolphins, has also enjoyed considerable success. In 2006 the [[Paderborn Baskets]], the home [[basketball]] team of the city was promoted to the [[Basketball Bundesliga|Bundesliga]].

===Paderborn Baskets (basketball)===
In the past, the [[Paderborn Baskets]] played multiple seasons in the [[Basketball Bundesliga]]. They reached the playoffs in the 2008–09 season.

===Rugby Club Paderborn e.V. (rugby)===
Recently Rugby Club Paderborn e.V. have had a great run in Regionalliga NRW and are on the verge of being promoted to the next league.

===SC Paderborn 07 (football)===
[[SC Paderborn 07]] is the most successful [[Association football|football]] club in Paderborn. They were promoted to the [[Bundesliga]], Germany's top flight, in 2019 but were relegated back to the [[2. Bundesliga]] at the end of the [[2019–20 Bundesliga|same season]].

The club was formed out of the 1985 merger of FC Paderborn and TuS Schloß Neuhaus as TuS Paderborn-Neuhaus and took on its current, shorter name in 1997, the 07 remembering the link with SV 07 Neuhaus. The Neuhaus club was founded in 1907 as SV 07 Neuhaus which was joined by the local side TuS 1910 Sennelager to become TuS Schloss Neuhaus in 1970. The Neuhaus and Paderborn teams played as tier III sides for most of their histories, as has the unified club. Today Paderborn plays its home matches at the Benteler Arena. In [[2014-15 Bundesliga|2015]], SC Paderborn were promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time. After their relegation in their first season, Paderborn returned to the Bundesliga in [[2019-20 Bundesliga|2019]] only to be relegated again. Currently (2022) they have achieved comfortable mid-table positions in the 2. Bundesliga.

==Infrastructure==

===Transport===
[[File:Airport PAD Abflughalle.jpg|thumb|right|Paderborn Airport]]

Paderborn is located at the [[Bundesautobahn 33|Autobahn A 33]], which connects Paderborn to the [[Bundesautobahn 2|Autobahn A 2]] in the north and the [[Bundesautobahn 44|Autobahn A 44]] in the south.

The [[Paderborn Hauptbahnhof|main station]] is a regular stop for the [[InterCity]] on the [[Hamm–Warburg railway|Hamm–Warburg line]] and several local trains.

The city is served by [[Paderborn Lippstadt Airport]] which connects Paderborn to some locations in Europe. There is a bus shuttle between the airport and the Paderborn main train station. General Aviation and gliders are based at Paderborn-Haxterberg {{Airport codes||EDLR}} (site of the world gliding championships in 1981). However, the nearest major airport is [[Düsseldorf Airport]], which is located {{convert|192|km|0|abbr=on}} south west of Paderborn. 

In Paderborn there is a bus system served by the ''PaderSprinter'' for local buses and the ''Bahnbus Hochstift'' for regional buses.

==Education==
[[File:Uni-Paderborn vom Suedring.jpg|thumb|right|[[University of Paderborn]]]]
Paderborn was once the oldest academic site in Westphalia. In 1614, the [[University of Paderborn]] was founded by the [[Jesuits]] but was closed in 1819. It was re-founded in 1972 as Universität-Gesamthochschule and transformed into a university in its own right in 2002. Today, it is attended by about 20,000 students.

There also are several [[theological]] and private academic institutes in Paderborn.

There are a number of grammar schools in the city, the most prominent of which are the [[Gymnasium Theodorianum|Theodorianum]] and {{ill|St. Michael Gymnasium|de|Gymnasium St. Michael Paderborn|vertical-align=sup}},{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} along with others such as the [[Goerdeler-Gymnasium Paderborn|Goerdeler-Gymnasium]]. There are also a few British primary schools such as John Buchan School, which was located in [[Sennelager]] and mainly educated children of British military personnel and the garrison's employees until its closure in 2019.

==Notable people==
[[File:Sophie Schroeder.jpg|thumb|130px|Sophie Schröder in 1828]]
[[File:Friedrich Wilhelm Adam Sertuerner.jpg|thumb|130px|Friedrich Sertürner]]
[[File:Joseph Hermann Schmidt (1804-1852).jpg|thumb|130px|Joseph Hermann Schmidt]]
[[File:Freiherr von Plettenberg.jpg|thumb|130px|Karl von Plettenberg]]
*[[Heinrich Aldegrever]] (1502–1558?), painter and engraver.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Aldegrever, Heinrich |volume= 1 | page= 531 |short= 1}}</ref>
*[[Carl Ferdinand Fabritius]] (1637–1673), painter
*[[Franz Anton Cramer]] (1776–1829), apothecary, supported the discovery of morphine
*[[Sophie Schröder]] (1781–1868), singer and actress.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Schröder, Sophie |volume= 24 | page= 379 |short= 1}}</ref>
*[[Friedrich Sertürner]] (1783–1841), pharmacist, first to isolate morphine from opium
*[[Joseph Hermann Schmidt]] (1804–1852), physician, director, Charité Birth Department, Berlin
*[[George Henry Backhaus]] (1811–1882), Catholic priest
*[[Franz von Löher]] (1818–1892), politician, jurist and historian
*[[Christoph Ernst Friedrich von Forcade de Biaix]] (1821–1891), owner of the estate, judge and member of the German [[Reichstag (German Empire)|Reichstag]]
*[[Julius von Ficker]] (1826–1902), German-Austrian historian
*[[Joseph F. Rigge]] (1842–1913), the first president of Marquette College (now [[Marquette University]])
*[[Aloys Loeher]] (1850–1904), American sculptor, exhibited at the [[1893 Columbian Exposition]]
*[[Karl von Plettenberg]] (1852–1938), Prussian officer and later [[General of the Infantry (Germany)|General of Infantry]] during [[World War I|WW1]]
*[[Clemens Baeumker]] (1853–1924), Catholic philosopher and philosophy historian
*[[Augustus F. Fechteler]] (1857–1921), [[Rear Admiral]] of the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War I]]
*[[Ella Bergmann-Michel]] (1895–1971), painter, photographer and documentary filmmaker
*[[Gustav Simon]] (1900–1945), Nazi [[Gauleiter]] in the Moselland Gau from 1940 until 1944 and Chief of the Civil Administration in occupied Luxembourg, died here
*[[Josef Wirmer]] (1901–1944), jurist and resistance fighter against National Socialism
*[[Jenny Aloni]] (1917–1993), German-Israeli writer 
*[[Friedrich Wilhelm Christians]] (1922–2004), banker
*[[Heinz Nixdorf]] (1925–1986), computer pioneer, entrepreneur and founder of [[Nixdorf Computer AG]]
*[[Walter Salmen]] (1926–2013), musicologist
*[[Werner Franke]] (1940–2022), professor of cell and molecular biology
*[[Ulrich Vogt]] (born 1941), teacher and non-fiction author
*[[Mechtild Rothe]] (born 1947), politician (SPD) and member of the [[European Parliament]]
*[[Franz-Josef Bode]] (born 1951), bishop of the Roman Catholic [[Diocese of Osnabruck]] since 1995
*[[Rüdiger Hoffmann]] (born 1964), cabaret artist and musician
*[[Bernd Hüttemann]] (born 1970), Vice President of the [[European Movement International]] and Secretary General of the [[European Movement Germany]]
*[[Stefan Gödde]] (born 1975), television presenter, radio presenter and reporter
*[[Judith Rakers]] (born 1976), journalist and television supporter (ARD)
*[[Carsten Linnemann]] (born 1977), economist and politician (CDU), member of the [[German Bundestag]]

=== Sport ===
*[[Klaus Ehl]] (born 1949), athlete (sprinter)
*[[Hans-Günther Vosseler]] (born 1949), swimmer
*[[Andreas Fischer (footballer)|Andreas Fischer]] (born 1964), footballer
*[[Günter Kutowski]] (born 1965), footballer
*[[Martin Driller]] (born 1970), footballer
*[[Reiner Plaßhenrich]] (born 1976), football player and coach
*[[Tolgay Ali Arslan]] (born 1990), footballer
*[[Jasmin Duehring]] (born 1992), Canadian cyclist
*[[Alexander Nübel]] (born 1996), footballer

==See also==
* [[Paderborn method|Paderborn method for teaching languages]]
* [[Disappearance of Katrice Lee]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book |editor=John M. Jeep |title=Medieval Germany: an Encyclopedia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p4uHav3mZLsC |year= 2001 |publisher=[[Garland Publishing]] |isbn=0-8240-7644-3 |chapter= Paderborn}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Paderborn}}
{{wikivoyage|Paderborn}}
* {{Official website}} {{in lang|de}}
* [https://www.paderborner-land.de/ Paderborn region website ]—{{in lang|de}}
* [http://www.lwl.org/westfaelische-geschichte/portal/Internet/ku.php?tab=pro&ID=14 Ordinances of the "Fürstbistum Paderborn" online]—{{in lang|de}}
* [https://robocupgermanopen.de/en Homepage of the annual RoboCup competition] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712195548/https://www.robocupgermanopen.de/en |date=2019-07-12 }}—{{in lang|en}}
* [https://www.uni-paderborn.de/en/ University of Paderborn]—{{in lang|de}}
* [https://paderborn-baskets.de/ Basketball: Paderborn Baskets]—{{in lang|de}}
* [http://www.medievalhistories.com/wp-content/uploads/2013-Medieval-Histories-september-final.pdf Introduction to the History of Paderborn]—{{in lang|en}}
* {{cite EB1911|wstitle=Paderborn |volume= 20 |short = x}}

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